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Posted Mar. 30, 2009, 3:03 p.m. ET
Eight Items or Less: All Points West, Cool House & 730 Crayons
By Gary Pini


1. All Points West (aka NYC's Coachella) will return to Liberty State Park July 31 to August 2 with Coldplay, Tool, The Beastie Boys, MGMT, MSTRKRFT, Fleet Foxes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and tons more. Tix on sale Friday.
2. Fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir is suing Courtney Love for Twitter libel. The designer claims that Love launched a hate and smear campaign after she billed the singer for $4,000 of clothes. One of the Tweets allegedly called her a "nasty lying hosebag thief."
3. The coolest house we've seen in years.
4. The average child in the US will wear down 730 crayons by the age of 10. More crayon facts here.

5. The largest federal tax increase in history goes into effect on Wednesday when the tax on a pack of cigarettes goes from 39 cents to $1.01. (via Yahoo)
6. Thompson Hotels' Smyth Tribeca (West Broadway at Chambers) is now open. Staff uniforms by Helmut Lang. $275 to $3,500 per night.











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i cant wait to go to this show! i just got tickets woo hoo
Posted at 6:25 p.m. ET on Apr 03, 2009 by roberta
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